Main survey variable: hconda10 Age told had health condition: Hypothyroidism or an under-active thyroid

Age told had health condition: Hypothyroidism or an under-active thyroid

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Health: Personal Health Condition

Question asked in the latest wave:

healthconditionsall_w15.hconda

Question label:

Age told had health condition

Question text:

What age were you when you were first told you had a {if HCondcode = (6|7)} were {if HCondcode = 88} had {if HCondcode (6|7|88)} [HCondcode]?

Question universe:

if [ff_ivlolw 1 and ff_everint 1] // New entrant never interviewed
And if [HCONDCODE = 1 thru 24 or 26 thru 31 or 33 thru 35 or 37 thru 42 or 66 thru 75 or 78 thru 84 or 86 thru 89] // Health condition is not 'other'

Question interviewer instructions:

ENTER AGE

Further details:
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Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	32753	99.71%
proxy	-7	74	0.23%
[Value >= 0]	1	22	0.07%
	Total	32849	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
34.82	32827	7.0	71.0	15.87	22

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	35073	98.88%
proxy	-7	134	0.38%
don't know	-1	13	0.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	251	0.71%
	Total	35471	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
39.2	35220	0	83.0	14.91	251

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	27887	99.6%
proxy	-7	104	0.37%
[Value >= 0]	1	7	0.03%
	Total	27998	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
18.86	27991	0	40.0	13.16	7

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	29067	99.3%
proxy	-7	198	0.68%
[Value >= 0]	1	6	0.02%
	Total	29271	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
37.5	29265	12.0	66.0	18.76	6

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	31531	98.51%
proxy	-7	464	1.45%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	11	0.03%
	Total	32008	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
31.27	31997	14.0	83.0	21.56	11

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	33502	97.62%
proxy	-7	804	2.34%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	12	0.03%
	Total	34319	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
39.42	34307	15.0	65.0	20.27	12

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	34949	96.92%
proxy	-7	1096	3.04%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	12	0.03%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
28.58	36046	14.0	50.0	12.65	12

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	37596	95.68%
proxy	-7	1683	4.28%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	14	0.04%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
29.21	39280	11.0	50.0	13.15	14

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	39311	93.22%
proxy	-7	2832	6.72%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	26	0.06%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
36.38	42144	12.0	78.0	15.62	26

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	41794	92.48%
proxy	-7	3324	7.36%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	3	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	70	0.15%
	Total	45192	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
34.93	45122	6.0	70.0	13.7	70

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	40967	91.37%
proxy	-7	3858	8.6%
[Value >= 0]	1	12	0.03%
	Total	44837	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
39.33	44825	22.0	74.0	13.71	12

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	43119	91.6%
proxy	-7	3935	8.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	20	0.04%
	Total	47074	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
33.5	47054	14.0	62.0	15.9	20

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	45831	92.23%
proxy	-7	3830	7.71%
[Value >= 0]	1	31	0.06%
	Total	49692	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
37.97	49661	12.0	70.0	14.58	31

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	46384	90.96%
proxy	-7	3262	6.4%
don't know	-1	21	0.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	1327	2.6%
	Total	50994	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
45.43	49667	1.0	87.0	15.3	1327

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hconda10

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Index term

Question asked in the latest wave:

healthconditionsall_w15.hconda

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Index term

Question asked in the latest wave:

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Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

Question interviewer instructions:

Wave 15 (o_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 14 (n_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 13 (m_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 12 (l_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 11 (k_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 10 (j_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 9 (i_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 8 (h_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 7 (g_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 6 (f_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 5 (e_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 4 (d_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 3 (c_hconda10 indresp)

Wave 1 (a_hconda10 indresp)

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